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With the largest maritime collection in New Zealand, the Maritime Museum...

With the largest maritime collection in New Zealand, the Maritime Museum tells the remarkable stories of epic voyages and journeys that have shaped New Zealand's history and identity. The Museum's exhibitions explore the history and stories of the Polynesian people's migration across the Pacific, European exploration, immigration and trade, NZ's modern yachting success and our relationship with the Sea.

We loved our visit - plenty to see from historic traditional maori boats to americas cup yachts. we went out on the water on a sailing 'scow' which is a reconstruction of a NZ logging ship - they let you haul the sails and it's a lovely trip round Auckland harbour, run by enthusiastic volunteers. well worth the extra admission.

Lots of examples of how the Polynesians used to travel around. Numerous examples in the exhibits, up to and including modern J-boats used in the America's Cup. Nice piece of history about the local area.

We visited this museum few month ago, really enjoyed one hour tour leading by Chris, good to know history of how people to discover this land by boat, how Europeans travelled to New Zealand, great to see boats development history and the winner of Americas Cup. Excellent one hour short tour.

This is a fantastic journey of what has happened in this country since the start of the humans - and what the sea means to us all - for travel and for the development of our world. It was amazing to see what the maoris did go out to the sea with. And how the europeans travelled to the wonderful...
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Really well done exhibit of the boat and sail history of New Zealand, including interactive displays. Also includes the winner of the 1995 Americas Cup and a lot of information, items and boats related to it. Highly recommended for all sail and boat fans.

Great museum with very interesting and thorough exhibits. At times it was a bit confusing how to best proceed through the exhibits and ended up having to double back a couple times... but otherwise really top notch museum!

I have lived in Auckland for years without visiting the maritime museum. I got along for the special swimwear exhibit. I found far more information than I could properly digest in one trip. I particularly liked the way they personalised the experience of the migrants section. I will go back next summer to book a trip out on the harbour...
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We came here for a rainy day activity. It was an amazing museum filled with the history of New Zealand and its relationship with the surrounding waters. There are incredible models of vessels from tiny canoes to championship yachts. You can also see boats anchored just outside the museum.
The entry fee for non-Aucklanders is $20 NZ. The museum opens...
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